RETRO: Wigan news in 1999

By Michelle Adamson

Published 21st Aug 2023, 04:55 BST

We are this time taking you back to 1999, with a random selection of photographs taken 24 years ago by Wigan Post photographers, featuring art, crafts, floods and cowboys.

Wigan – 1999

Traffic struggles along the flooded Warrington Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

1. 1999

Traffic struggles along the flooded Warrington Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield. Photo: FRANK ORRELL

Traffic and pedestrians struggle along the flooded Warrington Road in Ashton.

2. 1999

Traffic and pedestrians struggle along the flooded Warrington Road in Ashton. Photo: FRANK ORRELL

Inventor John Turnbull built a robot.

3. 1999

Inventor John Turnbull built a robot. Photo: JOHN LEATHERBAROW

Artist Gaye Chorlton, left, artist in residence Julie Miles and school loan officer Jacki Williams celebrate the art on the internet grant for Drumcroon Education Art Centre.

4. 1999

Artist Gaye Chorlton, left, artist in residence Julie Miles and school loan officer Jacki Williams celebrate the art on the internet grant for Drumcroon Education Art Centre. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST